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ALAN
05
Feb

Light pollution, sleep deprivation, and infant health at birth

February 5, 2021
Argys, LM, Averett, SL, Yang, M. Light pollution, sleep deprivation, and infant health at birth. South Econ J. 2021; 87: 849– 888. https://doi.org/10.1002/soej.12477 Abstract We conduct the first study to examine the fetal health impact of light pollution based on a direct measure of skyglow, an important aspect of light pollution. Using an empirical regularity discovered in physics (called Walker’s law) as an instrumental...
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15
Dec

Light Pollution and Cancer

December 15, 2020
Walker, W.H., II; Bumgarner, J.R.; Walton, J.C.; Liu, J.A.; Meléndez-Fernández, O.H.; Nelson, R.J.; DeVries, A.C. Light Pollution and Cancer. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2020, 21, 9360. Abstract For many individuals in industrialized nations, the widespread adoption of electric lighting has dramatically affected the circadian organization of physiology and behavior. Although initially assumed to be innocuous, exposure to artificial...
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22
Sep

Timpanogos Cave National Monument Named Second Urban Night Sky Place

September 22, 2020
The International Dark-Sky Association is pleased to announce the certification of Timpanogos Cave National Monument as an Urban Night Sky Place (UNSP). This International Dark Sky Place designation was developed in 2018 to draw attention to the role urban protected landscapes play in raising public awareness of light pollution. Timpanogos Cave is the first National Park Service...
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09
Jul

Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night With Mental Disorders and Sleep Patterns Among US Adolescents

July 9, 2020
Paksarian D, Rudolph KE, Stapp EK, et al. Association of Outdoor Artificial Light at Night With Mental Disorders and Sleep Patterns Among US Adolescents. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online July 08, 2020. doi:10.1001/jamapsychiatry.2020.1935 Key Points Question  Are levels of outdoor artificial light at night associated with adolescent sleep patterns and past-year mental disorder? Findings  In a cross-sectional, nationally representative survey...
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29
Nov

Review: A Comparative Study on Current Outdoor Lighting Policies in China and Korea: A Step toward a Sustainable Nighttime Environment

November 29, 2019
Sustainability 2019, 11(14), 3989; https://doi.org/10.3390/su11143989 Abstract Light pollution is a serious environmental issue with many adverse effects on human health and the ecosystem as a whole. Accordingly, many countries have issued laws and regulations to limit the effects of artificial lighting at night (ALAN). The Republic of Korea and China are among the few countries that have drafted...
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20
Oct

Artificial light-at-night – a novel lifestyle risk factor for metabolic disorder and cancer morbidity

October 20, 2019
Abstract Both obesity and breast cancer are already recognized worldwide as the most common syndromes in our modern society. Currently, there is accumulating evidence from epidemiological and experimental studies suggesting that these syndromes are closely associated with circadian disruption. It has been suggested that melatonin (MLT) and the circadian clock genes both play an important...
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10
Oct

Influence of the modern light environment on mood.

October 10, 2019
Mol Psychiatry. 2013 Jul;18(7):751-7. doi: 10.1038/mp.2013.70. Epub 2013 May 28. Abstract Humans and other organisms have adapted to a consistent and predictable 24-h solar cycle, but over the past ~130 years the widespread adoption of electric light has transformed our environment. Instead of aligning behavioral and physiological processes to the natural solar cycle, individuals respond to...
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17
Aug

Risk to pollinators from anthropogenic electro-magnetic radiation (EMR): Evidence and knowledge gaps

August 17, 2019
Adam J. Vanbergen, Simon G. Potts, Alain Vian, E. Pascal Malkemper, Juliette Young, Thomas Tscheulin, Risk to pollinators from anthropogenic electro-magnetic radiation (EMR): Evidence and knowledge gaps, Science of The Total Environment, Volume 695, 2019, 133833, ISSN 0048-9697, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2019.133833. (https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0048969719337805) This article arose from an EKLIPSE foresight activity (EKLIPSE grant agreement number 690474, European Union’s Horizon 2020...
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